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Colossians 1:5

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

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διὰdiaForδιάpreposition — “For”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.Forτὴνtēnwhichὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “which”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.whichἐλπίδαelpidahopeἐλπίς (elpis)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “hope”, the object formG1680hope, expectation, trust, confidence.This verse uses “hope”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἀποκειμένηνapokeimenēnis laid upἀπόκειμαι (apokeimai)verb, present middle participle, accusative, singular, feminine — “is laid up”, an ongoing or repeated actionG606I have been put away, am stored, am reserved for.is laid upὑμῖνhuminfor youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “for you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.for youἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.οὐρανοῖςouranoisheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “heaven”, the to- or for-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heavenἣνhēnwhereofὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “whereof”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whereofπροηκούσατεproēkousateye heard beforeπροακούω (proakouō)verb, aorist active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye heard before”, a single actionG4257I hear beforehand.ye heard beforeἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῷtōtheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.λόγῳlogōwordλόγος (logos)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “word”, the to- or for-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.the wordτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀληθείαςalētheiasof the truthἀλήθεια (alētheia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of the truth”, the of-formG225truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.of the truthτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.εὐαγγελίουeuangeliouof the gospelεὐαγγέλιον (euangelion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “of the gospel”, the of-formG2098the good news of the coming of the Messiah, the gospel; the gen. after it expresses sometimes the giver (God), sometimes the subject (the Messiah, etc.), sometimes the human transmitter (an apostle).This verse uses “the gospel”.of the gospel

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news,

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American Standard Version (1901)

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

Young’s Literal Translation

because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news,

World English Bible

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News

Darby Translation

on account of the hope which [is] laid up for you in the heavens; of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the glad tidings,

Douay-Rheims

For the hope that is laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard in the word of the truth of the gospel,

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